Car-coupling



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W. O. PERKINS.

CAR COUPLING.

No. 602,914. Patented Apr. 26,1898.

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CAR COUPLING. No. 602,914. Patented 15411226, 1898.

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\VILLIAM O. PERKINS, OF ROCKY HILL STATION, KENTUCKY.

CAR-COUPLING,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,914, dated April 26, 1898.

Application filed December 21, 1898. Serial No. 616,478. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. PERKINS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rocky Hill Station, in the county of Edmonson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car- Couplings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to couplings in which a link and spring-pressed latch-lever are employed, and it also relates to couplings wherein a propeller or spring-controlled block is supported in the coupling-head, the said spring-pressed latch-lever and block serving to receive the blow from the link when the latter is projected forcibly therein; and my invention consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, with the link coupled on one side and uncoupled upon the other, of my improved coupling and showing the adjacent parts of box-cars; Fig. 2, a front elevationthereof and of the adjacent parts of the car; Fig. 3, a side elevation of a draw-head and single coupling and link attached to a car, and Fig. 4 a plan of the parts as shown in Fig. 3.

The draw-head A is attached to the drawbar B and is held upon the framing of the car C by straps D, which admit of a limited endwise movement thereon, and a bufier-spring E upon said draw-bar receives the impact of the draw-head in a well-known manner.

The draw-head A has a central longitudinal aperture a extending rearwardly from the link-recess a and receives a propeller F, provided with a rearwardly-projecting guide-pin f, a bearing-plate f to support the rear end for the free end of the said latch. The latch G is curved or elbow-shaped, and its ends project rearwardly, one end to provide an operating-lever g and the other end to provide a latch-plate g. A pivot-pin g at the elbow of the latch passes horizontally through the draw-head and holds the latch to swing freely in the vertical recess of the draw-bar to cross the horizontal link-receiving recess.

The pivoted elbow-shaped latch G is held down firmly when not lifted by springs g secured at their forward ends to the draw-head upon each side of the said latch-lever and secured also to the lever g of the latch. The free end of the latch is notched at g to bite or take hold of the link H and by the springpressure exerted thereon hold the same horizontally with a yielding pressure to direct it into the link-recess of the opposing drawhead.

The latch is lifted by means of a chain I, connecting the end of the latch-lever g with the free or swinging end of a lever K, secured to a rock-shaft L, which is supported horizontally in bearings Z upon the end of the car. Crank-arms Z at the ends of the rock'shaft admit of the latch being operated from the sides of the car, and a rod- Z is connected to the leverK and extends to the top of the car within reach of the brakeinan.

The curved edge of the latch rides freely over the link as it is projected beneath it, the notched end thereof is pressed firmly down upon the end of the link by the springs, and the lower forward edge of the latch abuts against the inclined wall of the recess, and thus securely holds the link at all times in proper working position and securely against the strains to which it is subjected.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 7 A car-coupling comprising atwo-part drawhead having a horizontal link-recess, a longitudinal propeller-recess, and a vertical recess, an elbow-shaped latch located in the vertical recess, and a spring-actuated propeller-block locatedin the longitudinal recess,the said propeller-recess extending part through the in nor end of the link-recess and communicating at a point coincident with the vertical recess, forming a shoulder against which the propellerblock normaliyabuts to hold the sameslightlly r in the rear of the path of travel of the latch,

t-he draw-head section being divided horizontally in the line of the propeller and link-recess to admit of the removal and repair of the spring-actuatedpropellet-block substantially as described.

my invention 1 have signed my name in the 7 presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WVILLIAM OJ PERKINS.

Witnesses:

V V BRUCE PERKINS,

A. L. CLEVENGER.

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